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Issue #7 Oct 2013 THE NEIGHBOURHOOD MESSENGER NEWSLETTER OF THE ADOLPHUSTOWN-FREDERICKSBURGH HERITAGE SOCIETY Issue Number 7 October 2013 Maritime Ties Surrounded, as we are, by the waters of the Bay of Quinte, residents of Adolphustown and Fredericksburgh find maritime endeavours occupying an integral part of our history. Of course, in the years immediately after the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists to Our Society our shores, roads were virtually non-existent and travel was done Members of the Adolphustown- almost exclusively by boat or over ice. Soon, the reliance on Fredericksburgh Heritage Society are your neighbours, your friends, your water transport expanded to include ferries to connect family. We are new to the area or communities separated by water. Wharves were built all along have lived here all our lives. Some of our shores to accommodate the movement of goods and us are descendants of the Loyalists passengers to local destinations and to further afield. Steamship who settled the shores of the Bay of lines established tour itineraries that took advantage of these Quinte. We all share a desire to wharves and fed a vibrant tourism industry, while further serving to deepen our knowledge of the history link our townships with the commercial hubs in the broader region. of our local community and to share In this issue of the Neighbourhood Messenger we take a look at our passion with others. the many ways in which water and water transport have played Our Executive a role in the commerce and lifestyle of the area. President: Angela Cronk Vice President: John Gordon Secretary: Kathy Staples Treasurer: Stan MacMillan A Glimpse of the Past Sales Director: Peter Cameron Webmaster: Susan Wright Communications Jane Lovell Director: Our Meetings The Society meets every fourth Wednesday in the month at the South Fredericksburgh Community Centre at 6.30 p.m. All welcome!! Our Website http://www.sfredheritage.on.ca/ Contact Us If you have questions or suggestions regarding any aspect of the Society, including The Neighbourhood Messenger, please contact one of the following- Photo courtesy of Susan Wright • Angela Cronk, President (373- The Steamer Quinte Queen at the makeshift dock at the Old Hay Bay 8888) [email protected] Church, 1912 • Jane Lovell, Newsletter Editor (373-0199 ) [email protected] Do you have an interesting photo of people, places or events that show things as they were in the past? Let us feature it here! Page 1 AFHS The Neighbourhood Messenger October 2013 The Neighbourhood Messenger is an electronic newsletter distributed exclusively to members of the Adolphustown-Fredericksburgh Heritage Society. As the receipt of our newsletter is one of the major benefits of Society membership, we ask that you NOT forward the newsletter to friends or relatives. Instead, we suggest that you encourage anyone you think might be interested in receiving a copy of The Neighbourhood Messenger to join our Society. A lifetime membership costs $5, and in addition to ensured e-mail delivery of the newsletter, Society membership entitles those interested in our local heritage to be kept informed of, and participate in, all aspects of Society activities. Anyone can become a member by sending a cheque for $5 made payable to the Adolphustown- Fredericksburgh Heritage Society, c/o Kathy Staples, 304 Staples Lane, Napanee K7R 3K7. If you are not currently an AFHS member please consider becoming one! Events Calendar AFHS Community Dinner at South Fredericksburgh Hall October 30 Roast Beef Diner 6:30 p.m. Followed by “Ferry Tails from Wolfe Island” presented by Captain Brian Johnson Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston Until “Hundred Year Storm”: A special exhibit marking November 30 the anniversary of the “White Hurricane” of November 1913, the worst marine disaster in Great Lakes history. Napanee Guide July 4, 1919 Feature Event: All of us are familiar with the ferry at Glenora. It is the kingpin of the Loyalist Parkway, linking Adolphustown, Bath, and other villages on the eastern portion of the Loyalist Parkway to their neighbours in Picton, Bloomfield, Wellington and other communities to the west along the parkway. For some of us the Glenora Ferry is part of a daily or weekly commute to work, to shop or to keep in touch with family; for others it remains a novelty. Of the many ferry crossings established in the Bay of Quinte throughout the 19th century and into the 20th, only the one at Glenora remains in operation today. Early references to the ferry at Glenora are scarce but it is likely that a ferry operated between the village of Adolphustown and Glenora well before the mills were built at Glenora in the mid-1790s. The Province of Upper Canada established regulations governing the operation of ferries in 1797, and within five years a license had been applied for under the Act to operate the ferry at Glenora. 1802 also saw the application for a license to operate a ferry between Kingston and Wolfe Island. Unlike the ferries of the Bay of Qunite that provided “short cuts” to neighboring communities, the Wolfe Island Ferry represented the only means by which the residents of Wolfe Island could travel or transport goods to or from the island. This lifeline has continued to this day, and over the years has used a variety of craft, including sailboats, oar- powered bateaux, ice-punts, barges and paddlewheel steamers to provide this essential link between the island and the mainland. Page 2 AFHS The Neighbourhood Messenger October 2013 Brian Johnson, captain of the Wolfe Island ferry, fifth generation Wolfe Islander, author and founder and former president of the Wolfe Island Historical Society, will join us at our annual Heritage Harvest Dinner to present “Ferry Tales from Wolfe Island”. Captain Johnson’s presentation will shine a light on the history of ferry travel to and from Wolfe Island and nearby Garden Island through an extensive collection of vintage photographs. The accompanying stories document the many hardships endured by early residents of the island and by the ferry operators, including ice-bound ferries, the fury of maritime weather, loss of vessels and the loss of life. Photo courtesy of Brian Johnson Captain Buck Mullin, wife Audrey and son (Captain) Darrel somewhere off Garden Island out on the ice in1958 Please join us on October 30th for dinner with neighbours and fellow Society members. The evening’s agenda not only provides an opportunity to lend support to the AFHS, but also allows you to catch up with neighbours and friends over a locally provided meal. And what better way to round out the evening than by being shown a glimpse of a way of life so heavily dependant on ferry transport as that was lived daily by our island neighbours to the east. I, indeed, following the true law of history, have never set down any fact that I have not learned from trustworthy speakers or writers. William of Malmesbury Page 3 AFHS The Neighbourhood Messenger October 2013 Then and Now Kathy Staples Photo courtesy of UEL Heritage Centre, Adolphustown Allison House as viewed from the Adolphustown Wharf, likely taken during the 1912 visit of the Ontario Historical Society The Allison House was built by David Wright Allison, a prominent local farmer, businessman, and grandson of Joseph Allison, one of the first Loyalist settlers in Adolphustown Township. The house is now the home of the UEL Heritage Centre. The museum housed within Allison House was opened on June 16, 1962. 2013 The Allison House today The wharf in the 1912 photograph is still in evidence today, appearing as a point of land impenetrable with trees and vines. The shot on the left, above, was taken from a similar perspective as the one taken 101 years earlier. Page 4 AFHS The Neighbourhood Messenger October 2013 A Fishy Tale Jane Lovell Capt. Kellogg states: - yesterday This alarming report seems to indicate that those on evening (June 15th) about seven board Captain Kellogg’s vessel truly believed that they o'clock, as he was making for Kingston had witnessed the approach of an enormous serpent – a harbor, the "Ducks" bearing N. by W. true sea monster. Apparently the sighting was not as distant 2 miles, he saw something lying unusual an experience as one might expect. A second still on the weather bow, that looked British Whig mention of a serpent, this time dated the 23 rd like the mast of a vessel. Observing it of July 1881, simply reports “-sea serpent seen by Capt. Brown, of tug Robb , between Timber Island and South more attentively, he was surprized and Bay.” alarmed to see it in motion, and steering towards the schooner. Singing Delving into the possibility of the existence of sea serpents out to his hands to take care of seems to be a long-standing fascination. An example of an earnest investigation into the matter is a charming themselves, he put the schooner up to volume by Dutch zoologist A. C. Oudeman printed in the wind, lashed the helm a lee, and 1892 entitled: ran up the main rigging, waiting for the monster to approach. The serpent, for The Great Sea-Serpent. it was no other than an immense snake, An Historical And Critical Treatise. neared the vessel fast, and passed With The Reports Of 187 Appearances (Including Those immediately under the stern, taking no Of The Appendix), notice whatever of the schooner or The Suppositions And Suggestions Of Scientific And Non- those on board, but affording to every Scientific Persons, body an ample opportunity to observe And The Author’s Conclusions and note his monstrous dimensions. In length he was about 175 feet, of a dark The work is dedicated to “Owners of Ships and Yachts, blue color, spotted with brown; Sea Captains and Zoologists” who are encouraged to towards either end he tapered off, but photograph or kill the creature if sighted.
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